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Dive into the NRO workshops at IGF 2010 focusing on enhancing transparency in internet governance and highlighting IPv6 deployment initiatives worldwide. Discover insights from key sessions and future plans for advancing transparency. Explore the importance of collaboration between stakeholders in driving technological innovation and the business case for IPv6 adoption.
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NRO at the Internet Governance Forum • Paul Rendek • Head of External Relations and Communications
Internet Governance Forum 2010 • Held in Vilnius, Lithuania, 14-17 September • Roughly 1800 attendees from 107 countries • 98 workshops • Main sessions on • Critical Internet Resources • Development • Access and Diversity • Security, Openness and Privacy • Cloud Computing
NRO Workshops: IPv6 Around The World • IPv6 deployment and initiatives from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America: • go6.si initiative from Slovenia • NIC.br program in Brazil • German government IPv6 adoption • Main points: • “The business case for IPv6 is business continuity” • “Government a key pusher of technological innovation”
NRO Workshops: Enhancing Transparency • Enhancing Transparency in Internet Governance • Speakers from business, government, civil society • Roundtable discussion of benefits of transparency and where each sector can improve • Main points: • “Visibility is just the first step; understanding is just as important” • “We still need to effectively define Internet governance” • “Law enforcement, government and industry need to work together”
NRO Workshops: Enhancing Transparency • Plans for further work on this subject • Follow-up events at national/regional IGF events • EuroDIG etc. • Follow-up workshop at IGF 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya
Other NRO involvement • RIR representatives took part in workshops on: • RPKI (Internet resource certification) • Council of Europe sessions • Cross-border law enforcement issues • Applying a code of good practice on information, participation and transparency • Internet issues in the developing world • NRO representatives spoke in the main session on Critical Internet Resources about IPv6 adoption
Some URLs • Official workshop reports • IPv6 Around The World: Surveying the Current and Future Deployment of IPv6 http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposalsReports2010View&wspid=87 • Enhancing Transparency in Internet Governance http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposalsReports2010View&wspid=88